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'''Mining''' is the profession of extracting ore from asteroids, ice from ice fields and gas from gas clouds. These materials can then be [[Refining|refined]] into minerals, ice products and boosters. These refined substances are used in the production and maintenance of all player-created items and structures in EVE, such as ships and modules. It is one of the few professions immediately available to beginning players and most EVE industrialists started their careers by mining. Mining is perhaps the second most economically safe profession in EVE, save [[Planetary Interaction|planetary interaction]], in [[High Security|high-sec]] systems. Losing mining ships and/or being podded is uncommon and minerals are always in demand. Mining is accomplished by finding an asteroid belt, ice belt or gas cloud, and mining its asteroids/ice asteroids/gas clouds with special ship modules (mining lasers, ice harvesters, and gas cloud harvesters, respectively). | '''Mining''' is the profession of extracting ore from asteroids, ice from ice fields and gas from gas clouds. These materials can then be [[Refining|refined]] into minerals, ice products and boosters. These refined substances are used in the production and maintenance of all player-created items and structures in EVE, such as ships and modules. It is one of the few professions immediately available to beginning players and most EVE industrialists started their careers by mining. Mining is perhaps the second most economically safe profession in EVE, save [[Planetary Interaction|planetary interaction]], in [[High Security|high-sec]] systems. Losing mining ships and/or being podded is uncommon and minerals are always in demand. Mining is accomplished by finding an asteroid belt, ice belt or gas cloud, and mining its asteroids/ice asteroids/gas clouds with special ship modules (mining lasers, ice harvesters, and gas cloud harvesters, respectively). | ||
EVE University has a [[campus]] dedicated to mining, the [[Amarr Mining Campus]] (AMC), where newer players are taught the basics of solo and fleet mining. | |||
===Advantages of mining over other professions=== | ===Advantages of mining over other professions=== | ||
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After a week's training, a budding miner should have the necessary skills to fly a mining barge, which have more than double the mining yield of a Venture, as well as even larger ore holds and/or a stronger tank. These ships are also more expensive (15-40M ISK, plus modules), but given that a Venture can mine about 500-700k ISK worth of ore per full cargohold, this money is soon earned. There are three different mining barges, each with a different focus (see table below). | After a week's training, a budding miner should have the necessary skills to fly a mining barge, which have more than double the mining yield of a Venture, as well as even larger ore holds and/or a stronger tank. These ships are also more expensive (15-40M ISK, plus modules), but given that a Venture can mine about 500-700k ISK worth of ore per full cargohold, this money is soon earned. There are three different mining barges, each with a different focus (see table below). | ||
The last word in mining ships are the exhumers (Tech II variants of the mining barges). These ships require many more skills to fly, and are even more expensive, but have even greater mining yield, cargohold space and/or [[tank]] than the mining barges. | The last word in mining ships are the exhumers (Tech II variants of the mining barges). These ships require many more skills to fly, and are even more expensive, but have even greater mining yield, cargohold space and/or [[tank]] than the mining barges. Additionally, miners can train into the [[Prospect]], an improved and stealthy variant of the Venture which excels at mining covertly in dangerous areas of space. | ||
Before the Retribution expansions, players often used cruisers or battleships as mining ships, but these ships are no longer competitive with mining barges and exhumers. | Before the Retribution expansions, players often used cruisers or battleships as mining ships, but these ships are no longer competitive with mining barges and exhumers. | ||
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| '''Frigate''' | | '''Frigate''' | ||
| [[Venture]] | | [[Venture]] | ||
| Low yield, tank and ore hold compared to specialized ship. Greater agility and speed | | Low yield, tank and ore hold compared to specialized ship. Greater agility and speed. Is cheap and takes minimal training. | ||
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| '''Expedition Frigate''' | | '''Expedition Frigate''' | ||
| [[Prospect]] | | [[Prospect]] | ||
| | | Improved (but much more expensive) variant of the Venture. Can fit a Covert Ops cloaking device. | ||
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| rowspan="3" | '''Mining Barge''' | | rowspan="3" | '''Mining Barge''' | ||
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(Note: Prior to the [[Eve_Online_Expansions#Retribution|Retribution expansion]], cargohold mining was very unprofitable, as the cargoholds of non-industrial ships were so small that they filled up too rapidly. However, with the introduction of dedicated ore holds on all mining ships, this is no longer the case.) | (Note: Prior to the [[Eve_Online_Expansions#Retribution|Retribution expansion]], cargohold mining was very unprofitable, as the cargoholds of non-industrial ships were so small that they filled up too rapidly. However, with the introduction of dedicated ore holds on all mining ships, this is no longer the case.) | ||
=== Jetcan mining === | === Jetcan and GSC mining === | ||
Players can jettison items from their cargohold into space, which results in a cargo container (more commonly called a "[[jetcan]]" or just a "can") forming within 2,500m of the ship. This jettisoned container has a volume capacity of 27,500 m<sup>3</sup>. Miners can take advantage of this capacity by transferring the ore in their cargohold into the jetcan. Typically a player will fill a jetcan with ore, and then (once the jetcan is full) swap to a ship with a larger cargohold (most often an [[Industrial#T1_Industrials|industrial ship]]) and haul the ore to a nearby station. | Players can jettison items from their cargohold into space, which results in a cargo container (more commonly called a "[[jetcan]]" or just a "can") forming within 2,500m of the ship. This jettisoned container has a volume capacity of 27,500 m<sup>3</sup>. Miners can take advantage of this capacity by transferring the ore in their cargohold into the jetcan. Typically a player will fill a jetcan with ore, and then (once the jetcan is full) swap to a ship with a larger cargohold (most often an [[Industrial#T1_Industrials|industrial ship]]) and haul the ore to a nearby station. | ||
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If you're flying a mining ship with an ore hold that's considerably smaller than a jetcan (such as a [[Venture]] (5000 m<sup>3</sup> ore hold) or a [[Covetor]] (8000 m<sup>3</sup> ore hold)), this method can increase your efficiency, as you can spend more time mining and less time hauling. | If you're flying a mining ship with an ore hold that's considerably smaller than a jetcan (such as a [[Venture]] (5000 m<sup>3</sup> ore hold) or a [[Covetor]] (8000 m<sup>3</sup> ore hold)), this method can increase your efficiency, as you can spend more time mining and less time hauling. | ||
However, jetcans only have a lifespan of 2 hours and they are not secure, meaning [[Can_Flipping|anyone can open and remove items from a jetcan]]. This is a common form of theft and griefing in the game, where a player will "flip" a jetcan either to steal the ore or to induce a fight [[CONCORD_Details|without CONCORD intervention]]. While it's possible way to combat this by using | However, jetcans only have a lifespan of 2 hours and they are not secure, meaning [[Can_Flipping|anyone can open and remove items from a jetcan]]. This is a common form of theft and griefing in the game, where a player will "flip" a jetcan either to steal the ore or to induce a fight [[CONCORD_Details|without CONCORD intervention]]. While it's possible way to combat this by using secure containers (which can be programmed with a password), the largest these (the giant secure container, often called a GSC) can only hold 3,900 m<sup>3</sup> of ore, which is less than the ore hold on even the smallest mining ship. | ||
As nearly all mining ships have ore holds which are as large or larger than a jetcan (in addition to the time lost in changing ships and the risk of getting your ore stolen), using jetcans is probably not worth your time. They do, however, come in very handy if you're [[Mining#Dual account mining|mining with two accounts]] (see below). | As nearly all mining ships have ore holds which are as large or larger than a jetcan (in addition to the time lost in changing ships and the risk of getting your ore stolen), using jetcans is probably not worth your time. They do, however, come in very handy if you're [[Mining#Dual account mining|mining with two accounts]] (see below). Given their small size, using GSCs for mining is not worth it (although it was a commonly-used practice in the past, when mining ships had much smaller cargo holds). | ||
=== Dual account mining === | === Dual account mining === | ||
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*[[Web Resources for Miners]] | *[[Web Resources for Miners]] | ||
*[[Orca Guide]] | *[[Orca Guide]] | ||
*[[Lillik%27s_Guide_to_(relatively)_Safe_Ice_Harvesting|Lillik's Guide to (relatively) Safe Ice Harvesting]] | *[[Lillik%27s_Guide_to_(relatively)_Safe_Ice_Harvesting|Lillik's Guide to (relatively) Safe Ice Harvesting]] | ||